Buying Land
Liu Xiaolan followed Elder Ren and Ren Lanfeng back to their home while sighing.
Thinking of what happened today, she was both angry and helpless. While the Liu family did come to her house and wanted to steal her things together with her money, it's basically her word against theirs.
If one asks her, it's easy to see their real purpose of coming to her house, but as long as they grit their teeth and keep saying they just came to visit and wanted to ask for some things, she can't do anything...
The only good thing that came out of it is the fact that the Liu family's reputation in the village got worse. At least the folks shouldn't blindly believe in what they are saying anymore, not to say that Village Head Ren is smarter and can see the truth behind this situation.
While he's helpless for now and can't take care of them, at least he will be keeping an eye on what they are doing. If the Liu family makes more mistakes, it won't be long before they're kicked out of the village.
"Girl Liu, are you sure you want to put Mu Yuchen on your family tree?" Ren Lanfeng asked once again, although he already knew the answer to his question.
Liu Xiaolan knew why he asked. She smiled towards him and said, "Yes, he's going to be my husband in this life. It's true that he's a little foolish, but I like that about him. At least he will stay truthful to me and won't steal behind my back…"
Soon, they came to Ren family's house.
Ren Lanfeng was kind enough to pour some tea for her and Elder Liu before he went to his backyard to pick up the official documents concerning the genealogical trees of people from Liuojia Village.
Elder Ren looked towards Liu Xiaolan and was somehow reminded of his dead daughter. Although their family is living in pretty good conditions compared to other villagers, his daughter was still unfortunate enough to die from an illness.
Back then, when she first got ill, she was in similar age to Liu Xiaolan. She didn't want to bother their family, so she tried to take care of her illness alone and prevent them from knowing about it. It's also partially because of this delay that when they finally found out and took her to a doctor, it might be a little too late for her…
Thinking of Liu Xiaolan's expression and the look in her eyes during her fight against the Liu family today, somehow she reminded him of his daughter…
The more he looked at her, the softer his look became.
Just as his eyes were getting hazy, he was woken up by his son's voice. "Girl Liu, I've brought your family's tree. After you've been kicked out by the Liu family, I've created a separate tree for you. I guess it looks a little empty with just your name on it…"
Liu Xiaolan smiled and said, "Well, with Mu Yuchen becoming my live-in husband, the record will have 2 names of it."
"Well, you can always add a few more names by having children. Sooner or later your family's genealogical tree will get bigger…" Elder Ren said with humour.
Talking about having children made Liu Xiaolan blush. While she did decide in her mind that she will try to get together with Mu Yuchen, it doesn't change the fact that they were still strangers a few days ago.
Now moving from just knowing each other straight to having children made her face red. Although she doesn't mind children and even likes spending time with them, she still needs to take some time and see if she and her little fool are comfortable spending their lives with each other.
And even if they are, she's only 13 years old, for god's sake! It's no wonder so many ancient woman died giving birth, when they get pregnant so young and have to give birth before their own body has fully grown up, it would be hard for them to come out of it unharmed even in modern times...
It's true that because of the lack of hygiene and proper medical care people in ancient times very often die early, but it doesn't mean that children should get married and have their own kids so soon!
Well, all she could do was to quietly sigh and change the topic. "Village head, after adding him to my family record, I've got another thing that I'd like to ask you about…"
"Oh, what's this about, girl Liu?" Ren Lanfeng and his father turned their attention towards her, thinking of what else this little girl could need help with…
"Well… Is there any land for sale in the village right now? If so, I'd like to buy a part of it…" Seeing their shocked faces, she quickly added, "I don't need the most fertile land in the center of the village, it can be on the edge of Liuojia village, even barren land is fine, it's mainly because now that I'm married with Mu Yuchen we'd like to build a new house…"
Elder Ren's face easied. He was truly shocked for a moment, thinking of a little girl having such a big appetite, but listening to her saying that she can even accept barren land to build a new house, he understood.
From what he saw today, her current house truly can't be kept. With the way it looks like now, it's possible that by early next year it could collapse completely, even more so when it's roof is already damaged…
Since he could think of it, his son Ren Lanfeng also understood what Liu Xiaolan needed. He thought about all the land available and said, "Girl Liu, I'm afraid you'll need to wait a few days for that. There's no land inside the village to be sold, but I did hear that there is a plot of barren land bordering the river not far away from our village to be sold. But I will need to ask the officials in Shenyang about that…"